Jira Migration Consultant

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Position Name – Jira Migration Consultant (with Forge)

Type of hiring – Fulltime

Job Description:

Looking for a skilled and experienced JIRA Developers & Migration Specialist to join our dynamic team. This pivotal role will be instrumental in the successful migration of our Atlassian JIRA instances from a Data Center environment to the Atlassian Cloud (SaaS). The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of Atlassian tools, cloud architecture, and proven experience in planning, executing, and managing similar migration projects. This position demands technical proficiency, exceptional problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to collaborate effectively with cross functional teams to ensure a seamless transition.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the planning, execution, and management of the JIRA and Confluence migration from Data Center to Atlassian Cloud.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of comprehensive migration strategies and plans.
• Execute data transfer, system configuration, and user setup within the Atlassian Cloud environment.
• Address and resolve post migration tasks, including adjustments to screens, schemas, and workflows.
• Utilize Atlassian migration tools (e.g., JIRA Cloud Migration Assistant, Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant) to facilitate efficient data transfer and system configuration.
• Identify and proactively mitigate potential migration challenges, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.
• Apply a strong understanding of JIRA architecture, migration methodologies, and cloud technologies throughout the migration process.
• Collaborate effectively with various teams to ensure alignment and successful migration outcomes.
• Contribute to the documentation of migration processes and best practices.

Mandatory Skills

• 7+ Years of demonstrable experience migrating JIRA from Data Center to Cloud environments.
• Solid understanding of JIRA configuration and development principles, with experience in managing global and local configurations within migration projects.
• Proficiency in utilizing Atlassian migration tools (e.g., JIRA Cloud Migration Assistant) for data transfer and system configuration.
• Comprehensive understanding of JIRA architecture, various migration strategies, and cloud technologies.
• Experience with pre migration activities such as instance planning, sanity checks, documentation, and user validation.
• Experience with post migration activities including application link checks, DC integration checks, and log audits.

Preferred Skills

• Basic SQL query knowledge.
• Experience with Groovy scripting, Script Runner, or Python.
• Knowledge of JIRA Cloud and Data Center features, including challenges and solutions.
• Experience with integration of plugins and advanced mappings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
• 7+ Years of practical experience in JIRA development or migration.
• It\'s not an administrator or developer role. It\'s a Jira migration role.
• Need experience in Jira Migration from Jira Data Center to Jira Cloud / not from Jira Server to Jira Cloud or Jira Server to AWS cloud or Jira Data Center to AWS cloud or Jira instance to instance migration
• Jira pre migration activities experience - Instance planning, Sanity check, Documentation, User validation, mapping, etc.
• JCMA experience - He should be well versed with the tool / know what tabs are there / how to do deployments and end point mappings and other features leveraging the tools
• Integration experience - with plugins, advanced mappings, behaviors, synchronization, etc.
• Basic SQL query knowledge
• Groovy scripting / script runner or python
• Know how to work as Jira cloud admin / knowledge on Jira cloud features / knowledge on Jira Data Center features / challenges with top of the shelf features and how to overcome / which features work well in what.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology, Analyst, and Engineering

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting, Retail, and Wholesale

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